A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Sunday, October 8, 1995, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1995, the first was a partial lunar eclipse on Saturday, April 15.
This is the first of four lunar year eclipses at the descending node of the Moon's orbit.
It was part of Saros series 117.
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two solar eclipses of Solar Saros 124.